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PAID FIELD ASSISTANTS and VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW! Survey Golden-winged Warblers for conservation ... The Golden-winged Warbler is a priority bird that has drawn much attent= ion in Minnesota. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with support from the U.= S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Ruffed Grouse Society of Minnesota, is currently engaged in a citizen-science project known as the Golden-wing= ed Warbler Atlas Project (GOWAP). GOWAP engages volunteer birders and professional biologists to survey and conduct point counts at known and= potential Golden-wing breeding sites throughout the range of the specie= s. The project is designed to determine population status, habitat relationships, and area requirements of Golden-wings, Blue-winged Warbl= ers, and their hybrids. This year, GOWAP is concentrating its efforts in Minnesota, where an estimated 42% of the global population of Golden-wings breeds. Participants will survey areas of known importance to Golden-wings in o= rder to determine their relative occurrence among available habitat types. Surveyors will receive a research kit which includes instructions, data= forms, a color poster of the species complex, and a CD that will be use= d in the field for playback and point counts. Since the sampling protocol u= ses recorded playback and focuses on a single species, participants need to= become experts only in identifying Golden-wings by sight and song and i= n developing an eye for Golden-wing habitat. They need to be able to tra= vel to designated areas and to dedicate effort in the early morning within = the prescribed season of the survey. Funds are available to pay qualified field assistants in Minnesota. We= need both paid and volunteer participants to begin work in mid to late = May. For more information, contact the GOWAP project leader, Sara Barker, at= s...@cornell.edu or (607) 254-2465. You can visit the GOWAP web site at= http://birds.cornell.edu/gowap. Please let us know as soon as possible= how you would like to be involved in this important conservation endeavor.= --0__=09BBE56BDFF87DC08f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE56BDFF87DC0 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline <html><body> <p><b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">PAID FIELD ASSISTANTS and VOLUNTE= ERS NEEDED NOW!</font></b><br> <br> <b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">Survey Golden-winged Warblers for co= nservation ...</font></b><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">The Golden-winged Warbler is a priority= bird that has drawn much attention in Minnesota. The Cornell Lab of O= rnithology, with support from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and = the Ruffed Grouse Society of Minnesota, is currently engaged in a citiz= en-science project known as the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project (GO= WAP). GOWAP engages volunteer birders and professional biologists to s= urvey and conduct point counts at known and potential Golden-wing breed= ing sites throughout the range of the species. The project is designed = to determine population status, habitat relationships, and area require= ments of Golden-wings, Blue-winged Warblers, and their hybrids.</font><= br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">This year, GOWAP is concentrating its e= fforts in Minnesota, where an estimated 42% of the global population of= Golden-wings breeds. Participants will survey areas of known importan= ce to Golden-wings in order to determine their relative occurrence amon= g available habitat types. Surveyors will receive a research kit which= includes instructions, data forms, a color poster of the species compl= ex, and a CD that will be used in the field for playback and point coun= ts. Since the sampling protocol uses recorded playback and focuses on = a single species, participants need to become experts only in identifyi= ng Golden-wings by sight and song and in developing an eye for Golden-w= ing habitat. They need to be able to travel to designated areas and to= dedicate effort in the early morning within the prescribed season of t= he survey.</font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">Funds are available to pay qualified fi= eld assistants in Minnesota. We need both paid and volunteer participa= nts to begin work in mid to late May. For more information, contact the= GOWAP project leader, Sara Barker, at </font><u><font size=3D"4" color= =3D"#0000FF" face=3D"Arial">s...@cornell.edu</font></u><font size=3D"4"= face=3D"Arial"> or (607) 254-2465. You can visit the GOWAP web site at= </font><b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial"><a href=3D"http://birds.corn= ell.edu/gowap">http://birds.cornell.edu/gowap</a>.</font></b><font size= =3D"4" face=3D"Arial"> Please let us know as soon as possible how you = would like to be involved in this important conservation endeavor.</fon= t><br> </body></html>= --0__=09BBE56BDFF87DC08f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE56BDFF87DC0--